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Near Raises USD 150M, Pakistan's Central Bank vs. Crypto, Bitstamp's Growth Plan + More News
13.1.2022
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Georgia Goes After Crypto Miners Using Subsidized Electricity in Historic Town
13.1.2022
A record high consumption of electricity blamed on illegal crypto farms in northwestern Georgia has caught the attention of authorities in the capital Tbilisi. The central government and the local utility are taking on the issue of dealing with power shortages in the mountainous region of Svaneti....
Swiss central bank tests wholesale CBDC with commercial partners
13.1.2022
The Swiss National Bank integrated wholesale CBDC in banking systems with five commercial banks as part of the second phase of Project Helvetia
Pakistan's central bank reportedly wants to ban crypto
13.1.2022
Pakistan's finance and law ministries are yet to make a decision on a potential blanket ban on crypto in the country
BIS Claims a CBDC Interoperability Victory – While US Congressman Bids to Block Digital USD
13.1.2022
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says it has made another breakthrough in its central bank digital currency (CBDC) interoperability project – claiming that it has “successfully tested” the integration of wholesale CBDC settlement with commercial banks....
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Hong Kong Monetary Authority aims to oversee stablecoin reserves
12.1.2022
Hong Kong’s central bank is inviting global stablecoin operators to respond to its proposed rules
Iran to Permit Use of Cryptocurrencies in International Settlements, Reports Reveal
11.1.2022
Authorities in Iran are preparing to allow the employment of cryptocurrencies for international settlements. According to local media, central bank and government officials have given the green light to adopt a mechanism using digital coins in the field of foreign trade. Businesses in Iran to...
Crypto Paradigm Enters Citadel, JPMorgan Clients on Bitcoin Price + More News
11.1.2022
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Binance taps former central bank exec to push compliance in CIS and Russia
11.1.2022
Binance makes another major strategic move in one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency miner regions
Digital Yuan Ready for International Olympic Showcase at Beijing 2022 Games
11.1.2022
China will allow overseas visitors from around the world to use its digital yuan for the first time at next month’s Winter Olympics, the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has confirmed.
The PBoC has been working toward a full or partial rollout in time for the games since 2020, when...
Yellow Card Announces It’s Resuming Deposits and Withdrawals via the Naira
11.1.2022
Yellow Card has announced the resumption of naira deposits and withdrawals in Nigeria via a statement from the cryptocurrency exchange platform. The move by the company comes almost a year after a central bank directive forced Yellow Card to suspend deposits and withdrawals. CBN’s Growing...
Chinese App Marketplaces Report Massive Growth in Digital Yuan Wallet Downloads
11.1.2022
China is teasing the launch of its digital yuan again, riding a wave of adoption with just weeks to go until the Winter Olympics in Beijing – the event the government hopes will finally allow the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) to showcase its coin to the world....
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Kazakhstan Is Stabilizing, Government Claims as Crypto Miners Look to Future in Country
10.1.2022
The situation across Kazakhstan, hit by anti-government protests in the first week of the year, is normalizing, central authorities claim. The country’s massive crypto mining industry, which faced an internet blackout during civil unrest on top of power shortages, now hopes that the country...
Central bank of Bahrain trials JPMorgan blockchain and token
10.1.2022
Bahrain’s central bank initially announced the JPM Coin trial in May 2021
Social Media Giant Wechat to Support China’s CBDC, Platform Expected to Boost Adoption Rate
9.1.2022
China’s social media giant, Wechat has said it will support the digital yuan in a move that is expected to increase the of Chinese residents that use the central bank’s digital currency (CBDC). Wechat’s support of the digital yuan potentially avails the digital currency to...
Fed’s Outgoing Vice Chair Richard Clarida’s ‘Rebalancing’ Trades Ignite Fed Trading Ethics Scandal
8.1.2022
Members of the U.S. Federal Reserve are getting criticized this week after the central bank published its minutes report from the policy meeting on December 14-15. Following the update, the outgoing vice chair of the Federal Reserve’s trading activities has reignited ethics conversations....
CBDCs in 2022: New Trials and Competition with Crypto
8.1.2022
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Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) were one of the biggest stories of 2021 as far as blockchain and cryptocurrencies were concerned, even if CBDCs don’t necessarily have anything to do with either blockchain or decentralized cryptocurrencies. Because for each new all-time high...
Fed’s Minutes Report ‘Bludgeons’ Global Markets — Stocks, Crypto, Precious Metals Slip in Value
6.1.2022
Minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy meeting on December 14-15 show that the central bank is being persistent about unwinding quantitive easing (QE) tactics and that it views ultra-low interest rates as no longer necessary. Global markets immediately dropped after the news...
Kazakhstan Shuts Down Banks, Internet Amid Unrest That Threatens Bitcoin Mining, Hashrate
6.1.2022
Measures imposed by authorities to quell mass protests in mining hotspot Kazakhstan are affecting cryptocurrency markets and the Bitcoin network hashrate. To deal with the civil unrest caused by rising fuel prices and a worsening economy, the government restricted access to the internet and closed...
Top Crypto Concern of Institutional Investors, Ray Dalio on Bitcoin Allocation + More News
6.1.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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